Feeling seasonal

We started the merry season last night with a trip to a show. Charles Court Opera's pantomime was called "Rumpelstiltskin", although it used that story as a starting point for a much wider fairytale mashup. Lots of good clean(ish) fun (it was a child-friendly performance, mind!), some dreadful puns and excellent singing from the four … Continue reading Feeling seasonal

Very short stories #43

Wow, where has the year gone? As we approach the end of November, I'm attempting to "win" NaNoWriMo. That's a writing challenge where we attempt to complete a novel (rather, 50k words of a draft) in a month. I'm actually over 40k words in and so should be able to reach the word count over … Continue reading Very short stories #43

Very short stories #42

"42" may not be the answer to everything, but I'm pretty pleased at this milestone for these tiny story posts. Looking back, I see I set up this blog 5 years ago, though it was over a year later I started playing #vss365 on Twitter. At the start, I used pictures from sites like Pixabay. … Continue reading Very short stories #42